Guy II of Spoleto

Guy II of Spoleto (855-883) was the Duke of Spoleto from 880 to 883, succeeding Lambert I of Spoleto and preceding Guy III of Spoleto.

Biography
Guy was born in 855 to the House of Guideschi, a dynasty of Catholic Italians. In 880 he succeeded his father Lambert I of Spoleot as the duke of Spoleto, and he had an ambitious plan to invade southern Italy as well as western Italy, the territory of the Papal States. Pope John VIII asked him for a meeting on 18 July 880, but Guy instead invaded the Papal States, so the pope asked for Charles the Fat's aid against Guy. On 12 February 881 the pope crowned Charles as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire for his token assistance, and in February 882 the pope, emperor, and duke made peace at Ravenna. Guy died early the next year, with his plans going unfulfilled. His uncle became Guy III of Spoleto, succeeding him.